Encore Tricolore Total 1 and Encore Tricolore (nouvelle édition) for French, Na Klar for German and ¡Listos! for Spanish form the main courses up to GCSE. As well as using the target language whenever possible, we are committed to those aspects of the National Curriculum which benefit our students, such as employing a variety of teaching styles, encouraging group work and pair work, independent creative learning, and using authentic materials. All classrooms within the Department are equipped with the latest interactive whiteboards. The learning of grammar and language structure is of course of prime importance but not at the expense of fun and interest. Gone are the days of dull, grammatical exercises. Those I B students who are native foreign language speakers assist in the Lower School classes as part of their CAS requirement, broadening the language learning experience. We strive to motivate and inspire students with dynamic, interactive and communicational language, drama and song. We all have a well developed sense of humour!

At A Level we have introduced new materials over the last few years to meet the changes in the specifications. In French and Spanish we work extensively from current newspapers and periodicals such as Authentik and Authentik interactive to afford pupils access to current texts, as well as more traditional coursebooks. Currently, we use Au Point, Tout Droit AS and A2 for French, Brennpunkt for German and ¡Sigue!(tercera edición) for Spanish. CDs, the Internet, satellite TV and a host of personally collected materials all contribute extensively. The Department subscribes to several online resources also.

ICT is used extensively throughout all years. Students use word processing for writing letters and articles, publishing applications for producing tourist information leaflets and posters etc, databases for class and school surveys in the target language, spreadsheets, activity programmes and text editing programmes. Encarta in the target language and the Internet provide invaluable research facilities for all out students.